Six stanzas and an envoi. The dizzying pattern that set my path straight. I first came across the sestina in an Intro to Poetry class at Black Hawk College. The assignment read as… Continue reading →

For eight years, Western Illinois University Associate Professor of English Barbara Lawhorn has shared the love of literacy and WIU with area school children, with her English 100 students writing letters of inspiration… Continue reading →

1) What book was most important to you in high school? Why?  The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I don’t know where I got the idea that this book was forbidden;… Continue reading →

I am very fond of Simpkins Hall. It’s full of quirks and personality, and now that I don’t spend much time there, I miss it like crazy. In the past year, it has… Continue reading →

With the upcoming Sigma Tau Delta 2022 International Convention, the Phi Delta chapter hosted a discussion event for the Common Reader novel, Dear Martin by Nic Stone. In consideration of the restraints of… Continue reading →

Dr. Matt Gilchrist is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the English Department at Western and he is serving this year as the Director of the Writing Program. He earned his Ph.D. at The… Continue reading →

1) What book was most important to you in high school? Why? In tenth grade we read several books and stories from our anthology that really grabbed me, and I found I liked… Continue reading →

1) What book was most important to you in high school? Why?  I don’t remember the actual title, but it was an anthology of American Literature that I had the third and fourth… Continue reading →